All posts tagged: exist

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Should Not Exist

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Should Not Exist

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. On New Year’s Day, while looking for something to watch, I came across a channel with a loud, gray-haired British guy in a nice suit and a scarf bellowing about something or other. I assumed that I had turned to CNN and was watching its ebullient, occasionally shouty business and aviation correspondent, Richard Quest. I wasn’t even close: It was Roger Daltrey of the Who, and he was excitedly introducing the new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Peter Frampton in a condensed version of the October ceremony. Frampton’s music was, for a moment in the 1970s, the soundtrack to my misspent teenage nights; on the broadcast, Keith Urban joined him to perform his megahit “Do You Feel Like We Do,” and I remembered every word. And Frampton seems like a man who is genuinely loved by his …

Befuddled Elon Musk Proposes Theory That Homeless People Don’t Actually Exist

Befuddled Elon Musk Proposes Theory That Homeless People Don’t Actually Exist

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It’s no secret that multi-hyphenate CEO — and richest man in the world Elon Musk — has become significantly detached from reality. He’s long surrounded himself with sycophants, going as far as to buy himself a social media network to systematically tune out his critics. Musk has also long looked down on those far less privileged than him, baselessly accusing them of crimes and insulting them. Now those dark threads seem to be merging: in a recent tweet, Musk claimed that “in most cases, the word ‘homeless’ is a lie,” arguing that “it’s usually a propaganda word for violent drug addicts with severe mental illness.” Needless to say, the utterance marks a new low, highlighting Musk’s well-documented vitriol and lack of empathy for the victims of an unjust society. It also underlines a staggering unwillingness to engage with the actual issues that have led to a steady growth in the number of unhoused people. Musk was responding to a tweet that baselessly alleged that giving homes to unhoused people leads to them fighting and killing each …

DfE claims Lilac Sky investigation report ‘does not exist’

DfE claims Lilac Sky investigation report ‘does not exist’

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The government had promised for years to publish its investigation report into a scandal-hit trust The government had promised for years to publish its investigation report into a scandal-hit trust More from this theme Recent articles After an eight-year investigation that allegedly uncovered £3 million of “improper” academy trust spending and led to the banning of two heads, the government has bizarrely claimed an investigation report into the scandal “does not exist”. The Department for Education has for years promised to publish its investigation report into the collapse of the Lilac Sky Schools Trust. An “outcome” report was published online this year. While it alleged more than £3 million of trust spending was deemed “contentious, irregular or improper”, it had few further details.   The government previously dodged releasing the investigation under the freedom of information process, saying it “intended to publish the final report once the investigation had concluded”. But after a new FOI from Schools Week, the DfE has now claimed: “A final investigation report does not exist.” Holly Lawton, the deputy director …

Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once

Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once

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An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at once ANDREW BROOKES, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Exotic quantum rifts have been created with charged atoms, and they exist in a superposition of being in two places at once. This is a first step towards better understanding the behaviour of such quantum defects in everything from materials to an entire universe. Defects are ubiquitous – think of tears in textiles or cloudy imperfections in shiny crystals – but in quantum systems, they can have the extra property of being topological. That means the overall structure of the… Source link

Ask Ethan: Does space require dark energy in order to exist?

Ask Ethan: Does space require dark energy in order to exist?

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Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. Here in our Universe, one of the few things we can be certain of is that every signal we’ve ever observed has originated within the fabric of spacetime itself. Galaxies, stars, planets, atoms, particles and antiparticles, photons, gravitational waves, and more all exist within, and propagate through, the fabric of space, affecting everything they encounter. Although it’s difficult, it is possible to find regions of space that are exceedingly empty: with only the smallest traces of matter and radiation found in the deepest voids in intergalactic space. However, even in those regions, space itself not only has no problem continuing to exist, but the fabric of spacetime itself continues to expand, just as it does throughout the rest of the Universe. Is there something profound about this? Does it mean that space and the energy that cannot be extracted from it — also known …

Does Time Exist? That’s Not As Clear As We Might Think

Does Time Exist? That’s Not As Clear As We Might Think

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Many of us might be surprised by the idea that there is an active debate in both science and philosophy about whether time exists. It helps to remember that in physics, time is one of four dimensions but it is an odd one because, unlike length, height, and width, it goes only in one direction. Philosophers gather around the mystery and some wonder if it is partly an illusion. Maybe time doesn’t exist? University of St. Andrews Giffords Postdoctoral Fellow Matyáš Moravec offers arguments, taken from an older British philosopher J.M.E. McTaggart (1866–1925), that time makes no logical sense. Here’s one: You can create three piles of cards, where each card describes events. He suggests, for example, the death of Queen Victoria (1819–1901) for the left (past) pile. 2024 events are in the middle pile. Highly predictable future events like the 2026 solar eclipse are in the right pile. Of course, as time passes, you must move cards. In 2026, you will move the eclipse card from the right pile to the middle one and …

Does healthy narcissism exist? Why experts say there are positives to this personality disorder

Does healthy narcissism exist? Why experts say there are positives to this personality disorder

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When most people picture a narcissist, we think of self-centered, awful people who lack empathy. But it’s a real mental disorder that is more than just an insufferable personality trait — and in some cases narcissism may even have some benefits. “Not every inconvenience is trauma, not every person you have difficulty with is a narcissist and not all trouble focusing is ADHD.” Clinically speaking, narcissistic personality disorder is “a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy,” according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Psychologists and armchair critics alike enjoy warning the public about narcissists in their midst. This can be seen in the realm of politics from Donald Trump’s refusal to concede in the 2020 presidential election to popular culture, such as the infamous defamation trial involving actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Most people have also had to experience terrible narcissists, whether it’s family, friends or people at work. Certainly no medical expert would defend narcissistic behavior like violent outbursts, malicious deception or petulant refusals to admit defeat. …

Husband Acts As His Daughters Barely Exist After His Son Was Born

Husband Acts As His Daughters Barely Exist After His Son Was Born

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The way a family operates has a direct effect on how kids grow up to see themselves and their place in the world. Families are our first relationships, molding our core values and how we relate to others later in life. When parents display favoritism, it can cause very real harm to their children — both the ones who are picked as favorites and the ones who aren’t. One mom noticed that her husband acts like their daughters ‘barely exist’ since having a son. The 49-year-old mother wrote into the subreddit r/relationshipadvice, wondering how to navigate an emotionally complicated situation involving her 54-year-old husband and their 6 kids. RELATED: Your Parent’s Most Favorite Child, Based On Birth Order — Revealed The Redditor explained that she and her husband have been married for 24 years. Together, they have five daughters between the ages of 20 and 9 and one son, who’s 6.  She started her post by acknowledging what should have been a red flag at the start of their marriage, saying, “I remember him saying, …

Brit in £7k debt after Thailand hotel he booked didn’t exist | UK | News

Brit in £7k debt after Thailand hotel he booked didn’t exist | UK | News

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A British tourist has been left in £7,000 debt after being shocked to discover that his Thai hotel reservation through Booking.com didn’t exist. Glen Parke, 30, paid £282 for a 59-night stay at the so-called Lek Lek Residence, which was touted as a “one-bedroom house”. But when Glen arrived in Thailand, he found nothing but a small roadside shop where his accommodation should have been. This led to an additional £3,044 spent on hastily booked alternative lodging online. Glen was then forced to dig deeper into his pockets to shell out another £3,579 on a third hotel after discovering the second hotel he checked into was completely booked up.  Despite assurances from Booking.com to cover the cost of both additional hotels as recompense for the absent booking, only the first payment was refunded within a week. Construction worker Glen, from Bishop’s Stortford, managed to finally secure the refund for the third hotel on April 18, only after Booking.com were approached for comment, reports the Manchester Evening News. Booking.com has since issued an apology.  Glen said: “For the …

“Explain To Me Why We Don’t Have The Right To Exist?” – Eva Vlaardingerbroek Warns Whites Against Massive Demographic Changes In Their Native Countries

“Explain To Me Why We Don’t Have The Right To Exist?” – Eva Vlaardingerbroek Warns Whites Against Massive Demographic Changes In Their Native Countries

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By John Cody of RMXNews.com In an exclusive interview with Remix News, Dutch political commentator and lawyer Eva Vlaardingerbroek warns Europeans that they must take a stand against rapid demographic change or become a minority in their native countries. You’ve spoken a lot about White rights and the White replacement. But of course this kind of opens you up to these accusations of racism. So, how do conservatives deal with this Catch-22 of not wanting to be replaced in their native countries, but also not wanting to be attacked with this term? You can’t. That’s the thing, you can’t. So you have to pick a side. Of course, you’re going to be attacked if you say, “Hey, this continent, Europe, has been predominantly White for the entirety of its history, and now suddenly within one generation, a few bureaucrats have decided against the will of the people that we should suddenly be a minority. Why do we agree with that, or why do we allow that to happen?” If you say that, you are going …